English Explanatory Dictionary

Chiltern

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Ellipsis of Chiltern Hills: a geographic area and chalk escarpment in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, England.
  2. Ellipsis of Chiltern Hundreds.
  3. A former local government district in Buckinghamshire, England, abolished on 31 March 2020.
  4. A town in Victoria, Australia.

Word forms

Chiltern Chilterns

Etymology

Unknown, but thought to derive from a Celtic toponym, presumably related to height. The other placenames derive from the English hills.

Derived words

Chiltern Green Chiltern Valley
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